If I loved the Handmaid’s Tale…

[Marghe87]

What other books would you recommend?
I like female protagonists and don’t mind dystopian novels, as long as they are not too “sci-fi” iyswim.
Currently reading The Testaments.

I enjoyed Vox and The Power - two feminist dystopian novels

Margaret Atwood in general, particularly Cat's Eye and Life Before Man

Another one for The Power.

The Blind Assassin, my favourite book ever

Place marking for suggestions!

The Men by Sandra Newman is interesting

I wonder if Faye Weldon's (RIP) work has held up? I loved Life and Loves of a She Devil.

The Children of Men by PD James

Right up my street!! Great suggestions above and I’ll add anything Atwood especially Oryx and Crake trilogy but also read recently Klara and the Sun - kazuo Ishiguro, The Unit - Ninni Holmqueist, Vox - Christine Dalcher, Red Clocks - Leno Zumas and The Farm - Joanne Ramos. I’d love some more suggestions too 😊

The power is a good one.

Ii was also coming on to say The Power. Not in the same league as The Handmaids Tale but very good.

Station Eleven is also good

Some great suggestions here. I’m currently enjoying Girl One

The School For Good Mothers, Jessamine Chan

Another one for The Power - feminist, thought provoking, dystopian in parts only.

I'd also recommend

Only Ever Yours by Louise O'Neil- definitely dystopian, it's chilling but very well written.

The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, amazing short story collection based on folk tales, very feminist sensibility, amazing writing.

Burial Rites by Hannah Kent, based on a true story of a women who is executed in 19th century Iceland - fantastic book, not sci-fi but a difficult and almost alien landscape.

Thanks all! Plenty of good suggestions here!

The Farm by Joanne Ramos and The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler.